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Remembering Enniskillen

30th anniversary of the IRA murder of 12 people during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony

Wed 8 Nov 2017

Survivors leave the scene on 8th November 1987 during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Enniskillen. Today 8th November marks the 30th anniversary of the IRA murder of 12 people during the event. Photograph: Pacemaker

Looking for survivors at the scene of the bombing. Photograph: Pacemaker

Survivors leave the scene in the immediate aftermath of the bombing. Photograph: Pacemaker

Aftermath of the bombing. Photograph: Pacemaker

Aftermath of the bombing. Photograph: PA

Scene following the bombing. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh / The Irish Times

Stephen Ross, aged 15, one of the survivors, while recovering from his injuries. Photograph: Trevor McBride

A hearse carrying the coffin of victim Marie Wilson passing the scene in Co Fermanagh town where an IRA bomb exploded without warning ahead of a Remembrance Sunday memorial ceremony. Photograph: PA

Gordon Wilson and his wife Joan, the parents of the 20-year-old nurse, Marie Wilson (who was killed in the bombing) leaving the church in Enniskillen after her funeral service. Photograph: Paddy Whelan / The Irish Times

Mr Ken Maginnis, the Unionist MP for Fermanagh-South Tyrone, at a commemoration service a fortnight after the bombing. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh / The Irish Times

The British Prime Minister. Mrs Thatcher , and the Northern Ireland Secretary, Mr King, laying a wreath at the war memorial during a commemoration in Enniskillen. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh / The Irish Times

The British Prime Minister, Mrs Thatcher, at the ceremony of remembrance in Enniskillen a fortnight after the attrocity. Behind her was Mr Tom King, Northern Ireland Secretary of State. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh / The Irish Times

Aileen Quinton, whose mother Alberta Quinton was murdered in the Enniskillen bombing, holds a quilt she helped make as a memorial. Photograph: Niall carson / PA

Crowds line the streets during the unveiling of a new memorial to the 12 victims of the IRA's 1987 Remembrance Sunday bomb attack in Enniskillen on Wednesday 8th November. Photograph: Niall Carson / PA